It’s time we embrace the known benefits of gender-confirming surgery

Physician
October 23, 2016

I am constantly in awe of the patients I want to treat. I cannot fathom their strength to embrace their identity while overcoming prejudice and discrimination. I do not know what it must be like to fear being your true self everyday.

But I do know what it’s like to be told to keep my career interests quiet. When I was interviewing for residency, my goals of serving transgender …

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It’s time we embrace the known benefits of gender-confirming surgery

Plastic surgery and the ability to enact surgical justice

Physician
February 16, 2015

I felt out of place. It wasn’t the dull yellow flickering fluorescence of the hospital lights greeting me well before dawn. It wasn’t the photos of world-renowned surgeons lining the hallways as if monitoring my every step, or that some of those same surgeons were close by rounding on patients. It wasn’t the sea of dark suits swarming around me vying for a prestigious residency position. It was something far …

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Plastic surgery and the ability to enact surgical justice